Posts by Author: John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
The Sigma fp now supports 120fps ProRes RAW, Blackmagic RAW, HDR video and cinemagraphs with new firmware
Jun 25, 2020
John Aldred
Sigma has released firmware 2.00 for the Sigma fp mirrorless camera. It’s a major firmware that adds some significant features to the camera, including external…
The Fuji X-T200 and X-A7 now work as regular USB webcams – Fuji X Webcam software coming to Mac
Jun 24, 2020
John Aldred
There’s been a big rush from manufacturers lately to let you use their cameras as webcams. Fujifilm recently announced their Fuji X Webcam software that…
Panasonic’s new G100 vlogging camera makes on-camera mics obsolete but there’s no IBIS
Jun 24, 2020
John Aldred
Panasonic has announced its new G100 camera (G110 in some regions) and it offers some very interesting features – like Nokia’s OZO Audio technology which…
Olympus has sold its camera and imaging business – yeah, seriously
Jun 24, 2020
John Aldred
There were rumours in November that Olympus would shut down its camera business within 8 months, which was flat out denied by Olympus. Now, here…
Canon is launching a satellite, but why are they sending it up with a 5D Mark III?
Jun 23, 2020
John Aldred
Canon is launching a satellite. It’s the CE-SAT 1B (Canon Electric Satellite 1B). It’s an experimental Earth observing microsatellite developed and built by Canon Electronics….
Panasonic’s new $799 G100 vlogging camera will also shoot vertical video for Instagram
Jun 23, 2020
John Aldred
Well, Panasonic has a new announcement page ready for debuting what is expected to be the Panasonic G100 – a camera aimed squarely at vloggers….
How to turn GIMP into Photoshop (sort of) using PhotoGIMP
Jun 22, 2020
John Aldred
This is quite interesting, and not something I’ve come across before, although it appears the idea has been out for a little while now. As…
This guy built a DIY cablecam using a cheap radio controlled car
Jun 22, 2020
John Aldred
Cablecams are a lot of fun, but they’re not inexpensive, even if you need just something small for your action camera. There are commercial solutions…
How to clean up fuzzy edges and colour spill from your green screen video footage
Jun 22, 2020
John Aldred
Taran Van Hemert is one of the editors at Linus Tech Tips. With the number of videos he pumps out every week, it’s a pretty…
How much do you really need to worry about damaging your camera’s sensor?
Jun 22, 2020
John Aldred
No, that thumbnail isn’t clickbait – at least not entirely. Photographer Arthur Reutov does indeed take a box cutter blade to a Sony sensor in…